Gallup just annhilated the "Poll Trutherism" argument

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9. As opposed to ......

A poll of both Canadians and Americans showed:

Americans:

Very conservative: 11 per cent
Conservative: 50 per cent
Liberal: 32 per cent
Very liberal: 7 per cent


Canadians:

Very conservative: 3 per cent
Conservative: 41 per cent
Liberal: 42 per cent
Very liberal: 14 per cent

In the May 2011 election, Conservatives (centrist in US terms) won with 39% of the vote (163 seats), the New Democratic Party (Bernie Sanders style social democrats - centre left in Canadian terms) finished second with 31% of the vote (103 seats). Liberals (centrist in Canadian terms) finished 3rd with 14% of the vote (40 seats). The leftist Bloc Quebecois (4 seats) and leftist Green Party (1 seat) and a bunch of minor parties which elected no one made up the rest of the vote.

Also:

When it came to health care, 45 per cent of Americans felt Canada had a superior system, while 42 per cent of Americans thought the United States should stick with its own. while 13% of Americans thought both were equal..

Meanwhile, the vast majority of Canadians, 91 per cent, felt that Canada's health care system was better than that of the United States, 3 per cent of Canadians thought the American system was better, and 6 per cent of Canadians thought both were equal.

In a recent poll of Canadians asked, if they could vote in the US election, 68% of Canadians would vote for Barack Obama, 12% of Canadian would vote for Mitt Romney, but 20% of Canadians thought that both Mitt Romney AND Barack Obama were too far to the right to deserve a vote and would rather vote for the US Green Party or Bernie Sanders .